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"Pure and Sure" Seeds—ST. LOUIS SEED COMPANY 
DELPHINIUM (Perennial Larkspur) 
The Delphiniums are the most beautiful hardy plants in cultivation, for they have such an immense 
variety of beauty and increase in size, in beauty, and often in quantity, year after year. Some varieties 
grow 5 feet high in rich soil. They have immense spikes of most beautiful flowers of every imaginable 
shade of blue, and their season is long; in fact, they will bloom from spring till fall. 
The culture of Delphiniums is exceedingly simple. Seeds sown in beds or flats from July to Septem¬ 
ber will bloom the following spring. Cover the seed lightly and shade the seed bed. The first transplant¬ 
ing may be made when plants are sufficiently large, spacing them about 6 inches apart. 
Placed in lines, as a background to a border, or in groups, of, say, three plants at intervals, the effect 
of the Delphinium is exceedingly fine. Watering in summer will increase size of spike and flower. Top¬ 
dressing is greatly recommended on certain soils, instead of the bare surface of the ground being left 
exposed to the sun. 2 to 5 feet. 
Blackmore Langdon Hybrids. This English 
strain is one of the finest developments in the 
Delphinium family. The flowers are enormous, 
produced on solid, erect spikes of great height 
and rigidity. The colors lie in delicate shades of 
blue, mauve and pink. Pkt., 25c. 
Cliveden Beauty, a greatly improved strain of 
the popular Belladonna, with a brighter, larger 
blue flower, a more vigorous and taller growth. 
Pkt., 15c; % 07.., 65c. 
English Wrexham Hollyhock Strain. Graceful 
spire shaped spikes of enormous size and beauty. 
This mixture contains all the colors in Delphin- 
ums, including both double and single flowers. 
Pkt., 25c; y s oz., 75c. 
Belladonna. They are our best blue cut flowers, 
are perfectly hardy and established plants pro¬ 
duce a number of spikes. Pkt., 15c; % oz., 50c. 
Bellamosum. A dark blue of the type of Bella¬ 
donna. Pkt., 15c; % oz., 50c. 
Bellamosum Improved. A strain of Bellamosum 
with longer spikes and larger blooms. Pkt., 15c; 
*4 Oz., 65c. 
Iceberg. This is the first white perennial Delphi¬ 
nium which comes true from seed. Pkt., 25c. 
St. L. S. Co/s Large Flowering Hybrids. Flor¬ 
ets of immense size and handsomely formed 
spikes. The colors range from palest sky blue, 
dark blue, purple, violet, cornflower blue, etc. 
Pkt., 15c; Y oz, 75c. 
Chinese Blue. A lovely azure blue Delphinium 
flowering from the seed the first season if the 
seed is sown in early spring. 18 inches. Excellent 
for rock garden. Pkt., 10c; *4 oz., 30c. 
Chinese Mixed. A very pleasing mixture contain¬ 
ing dark blue, light blue and white. Pkt., 10c; 
*4 oz., 30c. 
DELPHINIUM PLANTS 
1 Year Old, Ready April 15th to May 10th 
Belladonna. The freest and most continuous 
blooming of all. Clear turquoise blue. 
Bellamosum. This is a dark blue form of the 
popular light blue Belladonna, with which it is 
identical in habit of growth. 
Price of the above, 20c each; $2.25 per dozen. 
St. L. S. Co.’s Large Flowering Hybrids. 
